Re: Piecemeal upgrades
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 12:09:26PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> It is most likely related to 2.0 apps with 2.1 libraries. Someone needs to
> come up with a solution to these piecemeal upgrades - it's a hard problem
> though.
>
> - Jeff
Not really, it's a frequently faced problem. The answer is a 'staging
area' where packages can be built against new libraries and uploaded
prior to those libraries hitting unstable. It's good because people who
use it know exactly what they're getting in to, and all the packages can
be uploaded at the same time. With a little planning, you can get the
ftp masters to add the overrides for new packages in advance too. It
worked very well indeed for perl 5.8.
Regards,
Rob
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